Trump agrees to support 'One China' policy in Xi Jinping call

After nearly three weeks as president Trump talks to Chinese leader and, when asked, agrees to maintain status quo

Donald Trump has held his first telephone conversation with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, since entering the White House, telling the Communist party leader he will not challenge Beijing by upending longstanding US policy towards Taiwan.

In a brief statement the White House said the leaders of the world’s two largest economies had held a “lengthy” and “extremely cordial” telephone call on Thursday evening in which “numerous topics” were discussed.